New d30 Books — Nearly a Decade in the Works! (Available December 2026?)

Believe it or not, I'm in the final stages of a 2-volume set of d30 Books that I hope to release this December. This was inspired by my old Monster Indexes. 

About 10 years ago, I was starting to work on a d30 Encounter Companion and realized as it expanded it needed to be 2 books—one for Humans/Humanoids, and one for Monster/Beasts. Then life happened, and then it let up enough that I could get back to this, and now I find myself months away from finishing all the proofing and artwork needed to get these released out into the world. 

Volume 2 (Monsters/Beasts) is 238 pages and, right now, Volume 1 (Humans/Humanoids) stands at about 150. However, I'm revisiting and expanding some of the content for Volume 1 (based on some things I did in Volume 2) and expect that one to come out to almost 200 pages as well. 

I'm planning on having them available in hardback, coil bound, trade paperback, and PDF. Not sure on pricing yet. Color cover, B&W interior.

Below are a few sample pages from Volume 2, showing the two major types of entries. Some are just tables to modify a standard version of a monster + supporting tables, other are 30 (or 60!) fully different variations of a creature type, statted individually + descriptions and supporting tables. And as usual, there are some worksheets in the back to support the DM using the book. Only a few pages in each overlap with the previous d30 books. Otherwise about 97% new content in both books.

BTW, I'm also messing with the cover illustrations, so those are likely to change.

More to come!!!

Time is Running Out: Win Dead Tree Copies of the d30 Sandbox Companion and d30 DM Companion

d30 Dead Tree Giveaway
Time is running on on the New Big Dragon/Tenkar's Tavern GenCon Jet Lag Giveaway.
Get the details on your chance to win print copies of the d30 Sandbox Companion or d30 DM Companion over here...

d30 Sandbox Companion Flash Sale
And until tomorrow (Tuesday) night at midnight CST,
the d30 Sandbox Companion .PDF is 33% OFF at RPGNow.

GenCon Jet Lag Special & Giveaway!

I myself wasn't lucky enough to attend GenCon this year, and given that it seems to fall during my busiest client month of the year, I imagine that may continue to be the case for a while. So, in honor of my jealousy of those who did get to go this year, and the many of you who traveled yesterday and are traveling today, I'm doing a couple of GenCon Jet Lag thangs.

d30 Sandbox Companion Flash Sale
First off, I'm doing another d30 Sandbox Companion Flash Sale on the PDFs at RPGNow. Get the PDF for $3.95 (33% off the standard price) until Tuesday night at midnight CST.

d30 Dead Tree Giveaway
I'm doing a giveaway in conjunction with Tenkar's Tavern. Go to his post and leave a comment. One winner will will receive a dead tree copy of the d30 DM Companion, another winner will receive a dead tree copy of the d30 Sandbox Companion. Both those winners and an additional five runners up will receive an Order of the d30 sticker sheet. This is all courtesy of the New Big Dragon Storefront. Commenting closes at 9pm EST, August 19th, 2014. (Please note that any comments here are appreciated, but will not enter you in the giveaway. You gotta do that at The Tavern.)

d30 A-to-Z Update: "You should compile your 27 entries into a single download."

In regards to my A-to-Z d30 posts this past April, the question/request keeps coming up about combining the 27 entries into a single PDF for download. I actually mentioned a couple of times (in response to posts, so I did not expect everyone to see this) that I really feel like several different kinds of material had been developed over the month: 1) encounter-related material (like monsters and NPCs), 2) location-related material (like the altar generator, the village generator, the necropolis generator, etc.), and 3) treasure-related material (like the coin generator, or the intelligent sword generator).

Many of you knew that the d30 Sandbox Companion took a very long time to be published from the time I announced it. Honestly, a good portion of time (months, in fact) went into the order of the book's contents—grouping the right things in the right order, and placing those categories in the best order possible. IIRC, the order of the book went through 4-5 major overhauls. And what Welbo and I came out with on the other end was (what we believe to be) the "ultimately usable" version of the book.

While I could "slap together" April's items into a single PDF, I do admit it would be a single convenient PDF, but I also believe it would not work the way a DM needs it to work for him/her at the gaming table. I also believe it would be terribly incomplete. For example, April saw encounter charts for forests, jungles, and swamps. But what about hills, mountains, and plains? April also saw encounter charts for dwarves, elves, goblins, hobgoblins, kobolds, and orcs. But what about bugbears, gnolls, gnomes, halflings, and lizard men? April also saw encounter charts for magic-users, paladins, and thieves. But what about bards, clerics, druids, fighters, rangers? And don't even get me started on all the various monster charts I would like to see here (something like a snake generator, to go along with the plant monster and giant generators, and troll mutations pages I've done in the past). I'm sure how you could see that, when these charts were added, it would be enough to fill it's own book (and quite possibly be even longer than the d30 Sandbox Companion)... something like a d30 Encounter Companion.

Now let's take a look at the other types of charts I've done this past month... the location- and treasure-related ones. If I had a page for every idea that I had but didn't do, I'd have two more books... a d30 Location Companion and a d30 Treasure Companion.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS: right now, there is no schedule or plan to release these three additional d30 books. There are only the following thoughts: 1) any "compiled" PDF I would put together right now would be something that I felt did not live up the promise it seems to hold, and 2) I will continue to produce more and more d30 charts (at least 1 per week) from this ever-expanding list of ideas. So, in a weird way, any PDF I released would technically be outdated 1 week later. What I can offer you right now is this... a promise that I will continue to produce d30 charts that you can download into a folder on your desktop, organize however you see fit for your DM'ing needs, and know that at some point I will think they're ready to be compiled, I will most likely do that.

d30 Downloads Grab Bag

Since many of you who read and follow this blog are somewhat newer, and because I'm now reaching an extended audience through Google+, I thought I'd dig through the archives of this blog and re-post some d30 downloads from the past. Some of these were intended for the d30 Sandbox Companion but were left on the cutting room floor. Others were intended for the d30 DM Companion but didn't really make sense there.

d30 Named Magical Swords All of the named swords on this chart do come from either history or legend/myth, but probably aren't nearly as strong/powerful as they could be for magic swords of their reputation — there's only so much info you can get on 1 page. Without getting into a multi-page, full-blown description of the items, what's on this chart should get the broad strokes across. Obviously, feel free to enhance, add to, or otherwise expand upon these. [Originally posted 8/17/12] To download a free PDF of this d30 Named Magic Swords chart, click here.		d30 NPC Height Determination This was originally intended for the d30 SBC but it felt like fluff, so we cut it. [Originally blogged about 1/7/13; download previously unavailable] To download a free PDF of this d30 NPC Height Determination chart, click here.
d30 Dinosaur Encounters Let's face it, when it comes to dinosaurs, "you can't tell the players without a program." And forget about trying to look at the length of the damn things in correlation to their hit dice, and then guessing the basic shape of the dinosaur from the number of attacks or special armor class conditions. And then there's the fact that what we used to call the "brontosaurus" in the 70s and 80s is now officially the "apatosaurus." Consider this your program. It includes all of the major prehistoric players (dinosaurs and pterosaurs) covering all the bases of the 1e MM, BX Blue, and module X1, as well as newer discoveries that post-date those editions (like the velociraptor.) [Originally posted 5/25/12] To download a free PDF of this d30 Dinosaur Encounter/Stats Page from MediaFire, click here.		d30 Hit Area Determination This is a hit area determination chart for hex-based combat facing (center facing, right facing, right flank, rear, left flank and left facing.) I have to admit, the chart is really better suited for ranged attacks than for HTH combat, but it's still passable. [Originally posted 10/28/11] To download a PDF of this Hit Area Determination chart fromMediaFire, click here.

The Gaming Ballistic Interview With Yours Truly Is Now Online

Douglas Cole of Gaming Ballistic spoke with Welbo and I about the d30 Sandbox Companion and other New Big Dragon related topics, and the final edit of the interview is now online.

I promise, I'm not resting on my d30 laurels.

First off, I do have to thank you all for helping make the d30 Sandbox Companion #1 at RPGNow.com for almost two weeks straight (apart from a few hours on the evening that it was overtaken by the re-release of Gazetteer #1, and a few hours last night when Kristian Richards released Basic Dungeon Tiles Expansion Set 1 - which I believe will recapture the #1 spot again before many of you read this). I also thank you all for helping make the print edition #1 at Lulu.com off-and-on for few days now, not to mention helping the d30 DM Companion print edition climb as high as #5 at Lulu.com this week (something I don't think it did even during its initial release!) There's also an interview in the works with Gaming Ballistic, for those who will be interested in seeing my ugly mug (as well as Welbo's), as we discuss the d30 Companions' origins, development, etc. (BTW, Gaming Ballistic is GURPS heavy, so I'm happy to see the d30SBC's acceptance outside the OSR).

As for the headline of this blog...
I promise, I'm not resting on my d30 laurels. But I also won't be making the same mistake I made back in February of 2012 when I announced the d30 Sandbox Companion. It was a tad premature. Given the relatively short development time of the d30 DM Companion, I assumed a similar schedule for the d30SBC. Little did I know it would end up being almost 70% longer than its predecessor. So, if you're looking here for the announcement of the next d30 book, you're not going to find it... YET. What you are going to find is this, though...

Beginning this Friday, it's back to d30 business-as-usual.
That's right, beginning this friday, I'm going back to making a weekly post of a new d30 chart as a PDF for download. This friday's chart is going to be a "d30 Lithic Location Generator" (think monoliths, stonehenge, stone circles, dolmens, etc.). It's already completed, and waiting with Welbo for a brief look-over. I've also brainstormed a list of over a dozen more (that's usually the hard part). These new charts/tables will not be specifically sandbox-oriented. In fact, a few would be more at home in the d30DMC (e.g., a Dungeon Doors table that goes well beyond the small one in the upper right corner of p. 8 of the d30DMC, including specifics regarding style, size, thickness, modifiers to attempts to open, etc. - or that's the plan). That does not mean there's plans for an expanded version of either, or a new one entirely. I'm just going to keep developing new downloads, and see what shakes out.

Beginning this Wednesday, it's back to new creature business-as-usual.
I'm also trying to get back on schedule with my monster of the week posts. I've come up with a few really fun, and really "old-school" style creatures that are almost as goofy as they are cool (e.g., the snatcher serpent, and the stinking pile), but my attention has been so focused on the release of the d30SBC and the playtesting of the Valley of the Five Fires Microgame, that I've let this lapse.

There's always more going on.
But for now, mention of those things here will remain unspoken.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I could never have asked for such an overwhelming reception to the d30 Sandbox Companion. I am truly blown away by everyone's response. If you'd asked me a week ago if I thought I'd be the #1 download at RPGNow for entire week, I'd have told you I would feel lucky just to break the top 20. And if you'd asked me if I thought I thought it would garner six 5-star ratings, I'd have told you, "I'm very proud of the way the book turned out, I (with Welbo's assistance) spent a lot of time making sure the book provided a lot of great DM tools (without fluff), and I hope that everybody gets some use out of it."

I have no doubt that the sales over the last few days are due in no small part to Erik Tenkar's coverage on his blog. With nearly 8,500 people in his Google+ circles, and with his blog posts being reposted by a lot of different OSR RPG web content aggregators, his review on Friday (along with a giveaway of PDF copies), it really helped spread the word.

BTW, congrats to Brutorz Bill, Fred Bednarski and DacholaEtecoon, who won the free copies via Erik's blog. Also, a note to Moe and Robert (winners of my goods from Erik's 12 Days of OSR Christmas Giveaway), I have been delayed in getting print items out to you, so I've emailed you free PDFs of the d30 Sandbox Companion, and hope to get your various print items in the mail this afternoon.

From the newest reviews at RPGNow.

"Best $4.95 an Old School DM could spend in 2014 on gaming."
-erik f. t. t. (a.k.a. Erik Tenkar) (★★★★★)

"I'm a big fan of New Big Dragon products and this one is my favorite. I'm creating a campaign and the D30 Sandbox companion is now on top of a small pile of books I'm using to aid me in building a world. It's concise, so you won't get lost in hundreds of pages trying to find a chart you want to use. It's useful, there is something in here to develop various parts of your campaign. I highly recommend the D30 Sandbox Companion, especially if you are into building your own worlds."
-Tim S. (I'm assuming this is Tim Shorts; if it's a different Tim S., thank you!) (★★★★★)

And print buyers, don't think I'm leaving you out. Not only have you put the d30 Sandbox Companion print edition at #2 in their Top 10 for the week in the gaming section, the d30 DM Companion print edition is #9. I don't think the d30 DM Companion cracked the top 10 when it was initially released!

For all those that purchased print copies and emailed me for PDFs:
If you haven't seen an RPGNow email with the link to your PDF copy, check your spam folders. There's a handful of copies that have not been redeemed yet. If you still don't see an email from RPGNow, email me again and I'll see if I can resolve.

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Get the d30 Sandbox Companion in print from Lulu.com at an introductory price of $9.86 (on sale from $10.95), and as a PDF from RPGNow.com at an introductory price of $4.95 (on sale from $5.95). These introductory prices will only be good until January 30, 2014.

And don't forget, if you buy a print copy, send proof of your Lulu.com order to d30SBPrint@newbigdragon.com and I'll send you a free PDF copy (via RPGNow).

If you've already purchased both PDF and print copies of the d30 Sandbox Companion, send me proof of your print purchase from Lulu.com and I'll send you a PDF (via RPGNow) of the d30 DM Companion or the Valley of the Five Fires (indicate in your email which one you'd like to receive).

Thanks for making the d30 Sandbox Companion #1 at RPGNow for the 5th day in a row!!!

I am humbled by it's reception, and the three 5-star reviews it's garnered.

"... virtually essential for anyone wanting to create a fantasy world (irrespective for the most part of rule system) who would like to take some of the donkey-work out of it."
-Megan R. (★★★★★)

"Tables of infinite inspiration! Either handpick or randomize the results from these tables to run great sessions with zero preparation! Or use this as a writing aid to create complex, multidimensional adventures, and even use it to develop entire campaign settings! Supplied here is more than enough for DMs to pick from so you can emphasize the details important to you and your group.

I strongly suggest using this along with New Big Dragon's other accessory, the d30 DM Companion. This set is one of the best DM resources I have ever seen!"
-Jeffrey K. (★★★★★)

Get the d30 Sandbox Companion in print from Lulu.com at an introductory price of $9.86 (on sale from $10.95), and as a PDF from RPGNow.com at an introductory price of $4.95 (on sale from $5.95). These introductory prices will only be good until January 30, 2014.

And don't forget, if you buy a print copy, send proof of your Lulu.com order to d30SBPrint@newbigdragon.com and I'll send you a free PDF copy (via RPGNow).

If you've already purchased both PDF and print copies of the d30 Sandbox Companion, send me proof of your print purchase from Lulu.com and I'll send you a PDF (via RPGNow) of the d30 DM Companion or the Valley of the Five Fires (indicate in your email which one you'd like to receive).

A Look Inside My Crowded Head Sketchbooks

About the time I started this blog, Borders book store was liquidating itself, and I picked up a shitload of Picadilly Essential Notebooks sketchbooks (BTW, this particular line was sold exclusively through Borders, and my horde is dwindling.)

So, here I am, about a week past the two year anniversary of this blog, and I thought I'd take a look back through my sketchbooks and share some pages. I'm always interested to see the way others work, and thought many of you might be interested in the same.

From Sketchbook I...
this is one of the pages where I was working out the gem values for the d30 DM Companion.

From Sketchbook II...
I was watching one of those Syfy or Discovery Channel specials when I statted up the Crimson Death Worm.

From Sketchbook III...
a Ziggurat I drew up, but which never went any further than a few pages of half-formed ideas. I'm sure we all have plenty of those.

From a sketchbook labeled "Illustration" that eventually just took its place as Sketchbook IV...
A drawing of a creature based on some results generated from Appendix D in Dungeon Masters Guide, "Random Generation of Creatures from the Lower Planes." I think I might have took some leeway here; I don't remember. Almost a year-and-a-half later, I'm still trying to decide whether I'm going to use it for something or not (though if I do, I already know where).

From Sketchbook V...
A monster I obviously statted up, but never did anything with. Particularly, I never sketched/illustrated it. I recall thinking it would be generally crab-like (but I guess the name "Snipper" and a "pincer" attack pretty much imply that).

From Skethbook VI...
This was the final rough version of "The Stupa of Divine Madness" from The Valley of the Five Fires. This went through several iterations before being refined into this very-close-to-final version. Some additional refinements were made when the map and encounters were committed to final form.

From Sketchbook VII...
This is the rough introduction I wrote for the Lost Catacombs of Kadmos. (BTW, I'll be starting this up in Roll20 soon, and looking to recruit some online players.)

From Sketchbook VIII (which is only about half-full so far)...
This is a chart I was trying to work up that, with the roll of 2d6s, would determine a player's character class (using BX classes). It's workable, but not flawless.

d30 Sandbox Companion Update

I know what you're thinking... "Between cranking out The Ogress of Anubis, putting the finishing touches on Valley of the Five Fires, and getting back on top of the Community Geomorph Project, there's no way this jackleg is working on the d30 Sandbox Companion."

NOT SO! In fact, I just finished the final "new" piece of content for the book (pictured below)—a chart to determine habitations by population density (I also used population density for the road encounters). The only things left to do are: 1) finish the Master Hex Mapping Key (the wilderness equivalent of the Master Dungeon Mapping Key), 2) refine a few of the tables to "enhance" usability (like the henchmen/hireling recruitment pages, and the weather generator pages), and 3) finish the "how to use this book" section.

You'd think the "how to use this book" section would be as easy as, "Roll 1d30 and index the result." But what Welbo and I are trying to do with it, is to (in a de facto way) show how the tables are ordered/used to coincide with the use of things like the Hex Crawl Worksheet, Settlement Worksheet, and NPC Record Sheet.

Right now, the target release date is mid-to-late August. Given we are where we are, that Valley of the Five Fires should be ready within days, and all Welbo and I should need are about 3-4 working sessions on the intro, I think that should be do-able.

I thank you all for your patience over the last year-and-a-half. But I think that you'll find the extra time and attention we've given this tome has been truly worth it. This 52-page beauty will not have a wasted page in it!

By the way, I think I know what the next d30 volume will be—but you'll have to wait until the d30 Sandbox Companion is out before I'll commit to it in writing.

Trimming the d30 Fat Fluff

When it comes to the d30 Companions, one of the things Welbo and I try to take great concern with is avoiding the fluff. For example, here's one of the pages that we had in a previous internal version that you WON'T see in the final d30 Sandbox Companion.

Why?

Because we talked about it, and it felt like space-filler.

So if we felt like that was page filler, imagine how many must have felt about The Armory's 30 Sided Dice Gaming Tables...

In addition to this waste of space (at left), there are additional PAGES for dwarf, elf, gnome, and "hobbit" height. That's 5 pages out of 40 dedicated solely to the height of characters. Wow! THAT'S fluff. It's obvious that the book was meant to capitalize on a polyhedral novelty. But that's not my goal.

My goal is USEFUL stuff for the DM, aided by the use of the d30. The book should be the reason to own/use a d30, and not the other way around. That means trimming fluff like the height charts, and adding useful stuff like additional encounter charts by terrain type.

So most of the fat has been trimmed, and we're making sure the rest of the book is as meaty as possible.

More updates to follow SOON!

Get a Print Copy of the d30 DM Companion for $6.44

Lulu is having a 20% Off Sale through December 14. I've discounted the list price of the d30 DM Companion print copy to $8.05 (from $8.95). Add in the 20% savings for Lulu's sale and that means you get the d30 DM Companion for $6.44 (a $2.51 savings over the standard price.) This is the perfect opportunity for you to buy a handful and hand them out to your gaming group as Christmas presents!

Get the Print Copy at Lulu for $6.44 (w/ Lulu discount) > 
Get the clickable PDF for its everyday low price of $3.00 at RPGNow! >

What else should go in your basket? Here's what's going in mine...
• Blood & Treasure (Soft Cover) by John Stater
• The TFT-inspired Heroes & Other Worlds by Fenway5 (aka Chris Brandon)

Lulu Sale + Extra 10% Off = $6.44 Print Copies of the d30 DM Companion

Lulu's doing it again, so I'm doing it again. I've temporarily discounted the list price of the d30 DM Companion print edition to coincide with Lulu's "Strum a Tune" sale. So when you add Lulu's 20% off with my 10% off, you get the d30 DM Companion for just $6.44 (a $2.51 savings over the standard price.) The sale ends Friday. Use the code CITHARA20 (case-sensitive) when you check out. There's only one use of the sale code allowed per account, but you can use it on your entire basket when you check out.

Check out the d30 DM Companion at Lulu.
You can preview the entire book while you're there!

d30 DM Companion Discount + Lulu Sale = Save $2.50!

For the duration of Lulu's silver medal "Olympics" sale, I've discounted the list price of the d30 DM Companion print copy to $8.05 (from $8.95). Add in the 20% savings for Lulu's sale and that means you get the d30 DM Companion for $6.44 (a $2.51 savings over the standard price.) But you'd better hurry, because by the time the first events get going GMT on Saturday, the sale will be over and the discount price goes back up.

Click here to go to there.

Giant Week Day 5 + d30 Day: Updated d30-based Giant Generator

Today's conclusion to Giant Week is an updated version of the old d30 Giant Generator (from back during the A-to-Z challenge.) This new version includes the addition of a roll for alignment and intelligence.

To download a free PDF of the updated d30 Giant Generator, click here.

Last Day to Get Introductory Price + 20% Off the Print Copy of the d30 DM Companion

Lulu is having a 20% Off Sale that ends today, and starting Sunday, the print edition of the d30 DM Companion will go to its regular price of $8.95. That means today only, you can get the print copy of the d30 DM Companion for just $6.36*. That's just 16¢ over the "at cost" price of the book, and $2.59 off the $8.95 price - a 29% savings!

Use the code CHASE (all caps) at checkout.

Need help making up your mind? Read the reviews...
- Greg Welty's review at RPGNow.com
- Fenway5's review at his Sword&Shield blog

Still trying to decide? The ENTIRE BOOK! is available as part of the Lulu preview of the book!

* Does not include shipping charges.

"Mystery" Sale at Lulu: The More You Spend the More You Save?

What can I say about this "Mystery" sale that the headline doesn't, except THIS SALE ENDS TOMORROW! Here are a few items to consider...

The entire collection of Nod magazines by John Stater.
These issues are ABSOLUTELY PACKED WITH GOODNESS!

Swords & Wizardry WhiteBox Rules (hardcover)
There ain't no dungeon like a whitebox dungeon, 'cause a whitebox dungeon don't stop. Hollah!

Fight On! #13, to which I contributed a few illustrations.

And, of course, a print copy of the d30 DM Companion.

Feel free to use the comment area to shamelessly plug your Lulu wares as well!

d30 DM Companion Reviews and "The Big Plastic Boulder of Nerdiness"

I came across the the following discussion thread at The Something Awful Forums recently, regarding the d30 DM Companion...

"... who the gently caress has a d30 anymore?"
- rekenner @ The Something Awful Forums

"Who the gently caress ever had a d30? What does a d30 even look like?"
- Rasamune @ The Something Awful Forums

"The D30 is a goofy novelty die with no particularly useful applications that I know of. If you really need to dink with big numbers you can just rock percentile, without having to sling around this big plastic boulder of nerdiness +30."
- Angry Diplomat @ The Something Awful Forums

In that same thread, someone did also say this about the one the promotional bullet points from the overview of the d30 DM Companion...

"27,000 mold/slime variants and 27,000 mushroom variants...
Old school gaming, encapsulated in a single sentence."
- FMguru @ The Something Awful Forums

They may have said it out of sarcasm, but I looked at that comment and said to myself, "Yes! Exactly."

And now for the reviews from people who appreciate both the d30 and the OSR...

I'd like to thank both Greg Welty for his review at RPGNow and Fenway5 at the Sword and Shield blog for their time to earnestly examine the d30 DM Companion, which began as little more than a series of weekly posts in an effort to bring the d30 to the forefront of the gaming table. Now that DCC is growing in popularity and obliging folks to assemble some very specific Zocchi dice, the competition is getting stiffer for your polyhedral attention. All of those lonely d30s and I both appreciate it.

From Greg's Review at RPGNow...
"'Aren’t there lots of random tables already out there on the interwebs, produced for free by the denizens of the OSR?' Yes, there are, but LeBlanc has optimized these tables to get you maximally diverse output for minimal rolling."
Read the full review.

From Fenway5's Review at Sword and Shield...
"What I like is these charts are the sort of core random charts I would want to reference and use frequently in my DM bag of tricks during gaming. Ready Reference has many more esoteric charts or even campaign level charts...but frankly I never used them frequently. I guess it is closer to Monster & Treasure Assortment, but it has MUCH MORE variety and as a DM reference book, more overall utility."
Read the full review.

Buy the interactive PDF of the d30 DM Companion at RPGNow.

Buy a print copy of the d30 DM Companion at Lulu.

d30 DM Companion PDF Now Available: $3.00 at RPG Now

Yes, you rhombic triacontahedronites... the PDF of the d30 DM Companion is now available at RPGNow! For 30 days, it will be selling for the introductory price of $3.00. At the end of that time, it will go to its normal price ($3.95). If you check out the previews at RPGNow, I urge you to check out both the flash quick view and the full-sized PDF. Each of them features different parts of the book.

The PDF has been optimized for digital game table application (e.g., on an iPad).
The vertical pages are in portrait format and the perpendicular pages are in landscape format (so you don't run into those "turn the tablet" issues, where you try to turn the tablet and the page "flips" back the wrong way.) The book is set to open to the table of contents (instead of the cover) so you don't have to scroll down through the cover, inside overleaf and title page to get there every time you want to use the book. Not only are the TOC and the index hyperlinked, but so are all of the cross-references, AND the 270 listings on the monster encounter tables (each linked to the page with the stats for that monster/encounter!)

Anyone who bought the print copy (AND EMAILED ME W/ THEIR LULU ORDER #) should have already received an email with the link to your complimentary copy!
If you don't see the email from RPGNow, check your spam folder. If you still don't see it, email me and I'll send your link directly. If you haven't emailed me yet with your Lulu order # (for your purchased print copy), email your Lulu print copy order number to d30dm1@newbigdragon.com and I'll send you a link to your free PDF copy.

FREE SHIPPING TODAY ONLY (MAY 25) AT LULU!
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THERE'S A FEW D30 BUTTONS LEFT!
I know some of you that already purchased the Lulu print copy did not request your button. There's no charge. It's just a thank you from an old-schooler who refuses to admit that print is dead. So email your Lulu print copy order number and your snail mail address and I'll send you a button and a link to your free PDF copy. (BTW, it will be this weekend before I get to mail out the buttons, so look for them late next week.)